May 2012

Friday, May 11
Fastpitch
Blanchet 11, Chief Sealth 3
Chief Sealth finished fourth in the Metro League tournament despite Friday's loss to Blanchet, qualifying for this coming weekend's Sea-King district tournament.

Nathan Hale 8, West Seattle 5
West Seattle's season ended with Friday's defeat at the hands of Nathan Hale.

Baseball
O'Dea 4, Chief Sealth 3
Chief Sealth's season was cut short by one run in action against O'Dea on Friday.

Saturday, May 12
Baseball
Seattle Lutheran 1, Concrete 0
Seattle Lutheran High School of West Seattle kept its hopes for a third straight Class 2B state title by edging Concrete in a pitchers' duel Saturday.

Next up for Seattle Lutheran is a loser-out game against Mossyrock at Daniels Field in Anacortes at 1 p.m. Saturday. The winner plays a loser-out, winner-to-state semifinals game at 4:30 p.m. at the same site.

O'Dea 4, West Seattle 1
West Seattle advances out of Saturday's loss to O'Dea to play Liberty for the state No. 4 slot at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Mel Olson Stadium at Steve Cox Memorial Park.

Press release:

While sunshine and warmer weather are sure signs that summer is on the way, Regional Animal Services of King County (RASKC) wants to remind pet owners to keep their furry friends safe this season.

Animals cannot sweat like humans, and they are vulnerable to overheating quickly, especially when the temperature rises above 70 degrees.

Be sure to provide plenty of fresh, cool water to your pets, and shade from the sun.

Though pets need exercise during warm weather, take extra care when exercising older dogs, short-nosed dogs, and dogs with thick coats, as they are especially vulnerable to overheating. On hot days, limit exercise to early morning or evening hours.

Another danger is leaving pets in a vehicle. In sunny weather, the temperature inside a car can quickly rise to 120 degrees or more, even with windows left slightly open.

Press release:

People enjoying the warm weather last weekend flocked to the water. The large number of people enjoying area lakes and rivers kept the Sheriff’s Office Marine Unit very busy.

The Marine Unit responded to incidents on Lake Washington, Lake Sammamish and the Green River. With more warm weather today and summer around the corner, the Sheriff would like to remind people of the importance of personal floatation devices – life jackets.

A properly fitted life jacket should be warn at all times when in and around our lakes and rivers. In many cases, life jackets save lives.

Unfortunately, this wasn’t the case on the Green River this weekend where Drew Neilson was killed. Mr. Neilson was properly equipped and his tragic death occurred despite the fact that he was wearing a personal floatation device.

Flotation devices are like seatbelts. They often help you survive the unexpected, but unfortunately there are no guarantees.

King County Sheriff Steve Strachan says, “Make sure that you and your children are wearing life jackets while enjoying King County waters”.

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On Sunday, May 13, dozens of women met at the Ballard location of the Seattle Public Library for the first ever Seattle Critical Lass ride.

The ride wasn't in honor of Mother's Day, but rather part of an international movement called CycloFemme.

Presented by Girl Bike Love, CycloFemme is a Global Women's Cycling Day "To honor the past and the emancipation of our grandmothers and great-grandmothers, for the freedom to choose and the chance to wear pants. To celebrate the present and the riders who keep it rolling, bringing women's racing to the forefront, pushing the limits, breaking down barriers and sharing the love of the bike with everyone along the way. To empower the future of women in cycling and the opportunity for positive social change.Teach women to ride and they will change the world", according to their website.

By Kyle Howard

Kennedy Catholic was able to keep its postseason going for another level by beating Enumclaw, 2-1, on the night of Wednesday, May 9.

The Lancers came out of the gate strong showing great ball control on offense. Lancer freshman forward Ryan Shaeffer got the scoring started with a goal 11 minutes into the game to give them the 1-0 lead. Senior midfielder Brian Tomaso scored Kennedy Catholic’s second and final goal at the 24 minute mark in the first half, pushing the Lancer lead to 2-0.

Enumclaw was able to score quickly in the second half when Tyler Koenig scored the Hornets' only goal for the game just over a minute in. The Lancer defense stayed strong for the remainder of the game, allowing only three clean shots on goal from Enumclaw. Lancer goalkeeper Leyton Thommasen didn’t have much to worry about and had it easy as the Kennedy Catholic Lancers topped the Enumclaw Hornets 2-1.

Kennedy Catholic has a young team and has had great success despite their age, head coach Teddy Mitalas said after the game.

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Art Exhibits

Burien Community Center—Marquetry art by Dennis Harrison. Marquetry is an art form that uses only natural and dyed wood veneers in its presentation. It is a little-known art form in America, but it is hundreds of years old as practiced elsewhere. Through May 31. 14700 6th Ave. S.W. Mondays-Thursdays 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Fridays, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

Auditions

Press release from the White Center Food Bank

There will be no better place to spend the longest day of the year than looking at sweeping views of our gorgeous Puget Sound and hopefully the deep hues of a magnificent sunset.

Thanks to long time food bank supporters Lynne Ingalls and Mike Wald, the White Center Food Bank will benefit from a Summer Solstice cocktail party on June 23 at their West Seattle home, sure to inspire generous giving. Special guests will include State Senator Sharon Nelson, State Rep. Eileen Cody, State Rep. Joe Fitzgibbon and County Councilman Joe McDermott at this first time event.

Suggested donation to attend the Summer Solstice Benefit is $50, tickets are limited, all proceeds go directly to White Center Food Bank.

Summer is often a slower time at the food bank when it comes to both financial and food donations, this event will assist us in keeping our warehouse full and families served during the summer season.

In celebration of National Bike Month, King County Metro and Sound Transit are encouraging people to try bike-and-bus trips.

During the week of May 14th through 18th, any cyclist loading a bike on a Metro bus or ST Express bus operated by Metro will ride free. (ST Express routes included are: 540, 542, 545, 550, 554, 555, 556 and 560.)

Each bus has three spaces on its bike rack, which are available on a first come/first served basis. If the bus bike rack is full, cyclists should be prepared to wait for the next bus or consider leaving their bike parked in a bike rack at a transit facility. Bike lockers are also available at many Metro and Sound Transit facilities.

This offer is good only on the buses mentioned above. It does not apply to Link light rail, Sounder, the South Lake Union Streetcar, or the King County Water Taxi.

A fishing nut since boyhood in Portland I lived a short hike from the Columbia Slough. I caught my first Chub there and came within a half inch of drowning when I slipped off a board in an old shack.

Luckily my brother Russ rescued me. I have gathered countless memories that I use to make my children wonder at my longevity and my penchant for making them laugh.

My adventures with rod and reel often included many fishing friends. One of those friends was a neighbor named Cliff, who lived across the street from me at McMicken Heights, east of the airport.

Cliff had an idea to try Lake Ki, in Arlington, as he had read about how great it was but I had a better idea. I had a friend who owned a cabin on Lake Cavanaugh, another hour north from Lake Ki. We could use his place anytime.

Opening day of low land lake fishing is always busy. We left Seattle about noon on Saturday. It took his pickup, his boat, his boy and my car to carry three boys. We figured to return home Sunday night with our limits!

There seems no end to his promotional skills and dedicated passion into every local community project he’s a part of, including this city’s Waterfront Farmers Market. When local promoters need assistance to make a community project successful they often turn volunteer Wayne Corey.

As president of the farmers market, Corey has made huge improvements including the major one this year of moving the market from the south end of the marina the north end.

There will be dining tables for people to enjoy their newly purchased goodies and benches for view seating. For the first time, this market is truly at the waterfront with boating activities up close and personal.

So, get ready for local farm-fresh food, remarkable arts and crafts, lively music, rainbow color bunches of flowers and the new location next to the Harbormasters office, (the white buildings with pointed roofs.)

Grand opening for the market is Saturday, June 2nd, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Activities include a military color guard ceremony with the flag being unfurled from the South King Fire & Rescue ladder truck.